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Jesus Protects Us

Jesus the Good Shepherd

Day 144of 180
Week 29of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that Jesus protects His followers like a shepherd protects sheep

2

Learn that Jesus knows and cares for each person individually

3

Develop trust in Jesus as a loving protector

📖 Scripture Connection

John 10:27-28

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.”

— John 10:27-28 (WEB)

Demonstrates Jesus' personal care and protection for believers

📦 Materials Needed

  • Stuffed sheep or sheep toy
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade K Bible
  • World English Bible
  • Shepherd's staff (optional)
  • Coloring page from BibleMouse Printables Library
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse lesson! Let's play a quick game of 'Follow the Shepherd'

💭 Review Question: What did we learn yesterday about Jesus knowing our names?
2Teaching (7 min)

Today we'll learn how Jesus protects us just like a good shepherd protects his sheep

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • A shepherd keeps his sheep safe from danger
  • Jesus watches over us and loves us
  • We can trust Jesus to protect us
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What keeps you safe at home?
  • How does Jesus take care of us?
3Activity: Sheep Protection Game (8 min)
interactive

Pretend to be sheep and practice staying close to the 'shepherd'

📝 Instructions:
  1. One parent is the shepherd, children are sheep
  2. Shepherd calls out, sheep must stay close
  3. Pretend 'wolves' try to separate sheep from shepherd
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Stay very close to parent

Challenge: Add more complex 'danger' scenarios

4Closing (3 min)

Review our lesson about Jesus protecting us

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who protects us?
  • Does Jesus know your name?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank Jesus for watching over us

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn more about being Jesus' sheep

💎 Memory Verse

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

— John 3:16 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Sheep Hop Memory Verse: Create a paper sheep path on the floor. Child hops from sheep to sheep while saying parts of the verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children need concrete examples of protection and care

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, reassuring tone
  • Make activities interactive
  • Validate child's feelings about safety
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might feel scared about 'dangers'

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's understanding of Jesus' loving protection

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Color BibleMouse sheep protection coloring page
  • Make a paper plate sheep craft from Resource Guide

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